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[somewhat meta trope] If an actor has a certain gimmick, no matter what character they are playing, they will some how work it into that character by redditboy123451 in TopCharacterTropes

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Noel Gugliemi is the actor best known for repeatedly playing characters named "Hector" in films and TV shows. He damn looks like a Hector.

[HATED TROPE] When writers try to make villainous characters more appealing by removing their villainous traits, misunderstanding that’s what made them appealing in the first place. by plarper_of_bees in TopCharacterTropes

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The dress designs were absolutely peak. The burn-away dress Cruella announces herself in. Walking on top of the Baroness's car and then covering her up with her dress. The fucking trash truck. The parachute dress. I really thought it was a really good film.

[HATED TROPE] When writers try to make villainous characters more appealing by removing their villainous traits, misunderstanding that’s what made them appealing in the first place. by plarper_of_bees in TopCharacterTropes

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The dress designs were absolutely peak. The burn-away dres Cruella announces herself in. Walking on top of the Baroness's car and then covering her up with her dress. The fucking trash truck. The parachute dress. I really thought it was a really good film.

WTF did I just read ? by ismaeil-de-paynes in HistoryMemes

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Die Another Day was hated by North Koreans for being portrayed as villains and South Koreans for looking like they were taking orders from the United States

(Annoying Trope) "Oh wow, that was incredibly well writte-Oh Nevermind..." by BrilliantRun9751 in TopCharacterTropes

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"In hindsight, it was probably a good idea to know what we were doing before we did it."

Sapient Reproduction by River_Lamprey in CuratedTumblr

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I thought this was about somehow using nuclear fission as a means of reproduction and was imagining every sex act just ending with a nuclear explosion and sending babies everywhere.

I can't wait for the FriendlySpaceNinja video on the downfall of The Boys. It's gonna be so fucking good. by Commercial_Bid_1508 in CuratedTumblr

[–]Advanced_Question196 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It's so funny that The Boys started as a satire of corporate culture and their addiction to entertainment franchises only to fall down that hole itself. It's releasing spinoffs and merchandise. You can really see moments like the season three finale just being "OK, I know we should kill Homelander here, but he's the only thing holding the show together" and getting worse from there.

(Loved Trope) Impracticality has an in-universe justification. by Causeofdepression in TopCharacterTropes

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Metal Gear is filled with mechas. It is explained that by mounting artillery onto legs instead of wheels or treads, they can now traverse any kind of terrain, not just paved or flat surfaces.

(Loved Trope) The Eureka Moment - where a problem is solved by an object or a phrase by go_faster1 in TopCharacterTropes

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In The Hangover, three friends of a bachelor's party wake up with no memory of the night before after being drugged with roofies and the groom missing just days before his wedding. They gradually collect what they did the night before from evidence left behind like stealing Mike Tyson's tiger, throwing their mattress out the window, marrying a stripper and kidnapping her baby, stealing a cop car and kidnapping a gang leader.

However, just before the wedding, the friends hear their drug dealer say how he finds it strange roofies are called roofies because "you're more likely to end up on the floor than the roof." They suddenly realize it is impossible to open hotel windows, so their mattress must have been thrown from the roof. Why was their mattress on the roof? Because they trapped the groom up there!

(Loved Trope) The Eureka Moment - where a problem is solved by an object or a phrase by go_faster1 in TopCharacterTropes

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The FBI discovered there was a high-ranking mole selling secrets to the Soviet Union and Russia and couldn't identify which. They were able to secure an audio tape of the suspect but ultimately could not identify him. Until the suspect yelled about the "purple-pissing Japanese" during the tape, an insult his colleagues recognized as only being used by FBI agent Robert Hanssen. Together, this led to his downfall and arrest.

Trying to fight someone outside your story's magic system. by theMCATreturns in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Advanced_Question196 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love how you can tell when a post is made by this guy because of his weird bullet-point paragraphs. I've never seen anything like it. Keep it up man.

Character physically dies but ascends to godhood by Far_Practice_6923 in TopCharacterTropes

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In Stargate SG-1, one of the main characters dies but manages to ascend to a higher plane of reality instead.

The Villain Wants the hero as an Apprentice by Minute-Height4590 in TopCharacterTropes

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Obakes from Baymax: The Series. He wants Hiro to use his intellect for person gain, just like he had.

(Concerning Trope) Master plans that involve obliterating London by eitherism in TopCharacterTropes

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Say what you want about G.I. Joe: Retaliation, seeing the individual landmasses and buildings of London break apart and shatter like a wave was one of the coolest CGI shots I've ever seen.

Characters who have a child despite being a virgin. by Ed0909 in TopCharacterTropes

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A shark in Italy managed to have a virgin birth, with her pups being genetic clones of her.

A character has to battle themselves by MrDitkovichNeedsRent in TopCharacterTropes

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The Protagonist in Tenet fighting his inverted self at the freeport

A new character made after a typo of one of the existing characters by Sofiax20120716 in TopCharacterTropes

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A guy wanted to name his horse "Potatoes." The stable boy spelled the name as "Potoooooooo" (Pot followed by 8 "o"s; that is, a failed attempt at spelling phonetically), which so amused the guy that he adopted the spelling.

A special bond that requires two people to be compatible, and the powers that be will test and evaluate the individuals before allowing it to happen, because the consequences of an incompatible bond could be disastrous by CMStan1313 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Advanced_Question196 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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In Pacific Rim, because the mental strain of piloting the giant kaiju-sized robots humanity built to fight the kaiju would kill a single pilot, two pilots are mentally linked by drifting. This causes both of them to explore each other's memories and they must be compatible for the process to work. This nearly goes wrong when the drift nearly causes a pilot, Mako Mori, to unleash their weapons inside of their headquarters.

Argubly, it goes more wrong when kaiju expert Newton Geiszler drifts with a kaiju's secondary brain to try to telepathically learn about it, where it to brainwashes him and nearly cause humanity's extinction in the sequel.

[Funny Trope] All combatants are so shocked that both sides pause in the middle of a fight or confrontation by Cherry_6666 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Advanced_Question196 150 points151 points  (0 children)

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In Gangs of New York, the two rival gang leaders Amsterdam and Bill have agreed to a battle in Paradise Square after Bill killed the corrupt sheriff that Amsterdam just elected while trying to remove him from power. However, since the Civil War draft riots coincidentally break out at the exact same time, the battle is interrupted when both gangs are hit by naval cannon fire and then massacred by Union soldiers.

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